Our prediction for this MLS match:
Columbus Crew
Match Time & Date:
11/08/2018
07:30 PM
Prediction: 3-2
Houston Dynamo
Columbus Crew will be looking to build on back-to-back wins over Orlando City and New York Red Bulls when they square off against Houston Dynamo at their MAPFRE Stadium. Columbus are on the right track to book their place in the play-offs, but the season is quite long and they need to keep on making progress if they are to meet the goal. Houston, on the other hand, suffered a loss in each of their previous three defeats in MLS and, as a result, they dropped to 10th position in the Western Conference. Columbus Crew are eyeing their third consecutive win at home in MLS and we predict that they are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s football game. In their last meeting at MAPFRE Stadium Columbus Crew recorded a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Houston Dynamo.
Highlighted Player (Cristian Martinez):
Cristian Martinez is a Columbus Crew midfielder who was born in Panama City on February 6, 1997. Martinez began his senior career in 2012 at local club Chorrillo, but after four years he was sent on loan to MLS club Columbus Crew. The Panama footballer found the net for Columbus on his MLS debut on June 1, 2016, becoming the youngest goal scorer in the club history.
Cristian Martinez played for the likes of Pittsburgh Riverhounds and FC Cincinnati on loan as well, but in 2018 he returned to the MAPFRE Stadium outfit. The Columbus footballer made his debut for Panama national football team against El Salvador on February 18, 2016, coming as a substitute for Armando Cooper in the 78th minute of the match.
Martinez made his first start for Panama in a 1-0 loss to Nicaragua in a friendly game on March 16, 2016. The Columbus midfielder has five caps for Panama U20 team as well as he represented los Ticos at the 2017 CONCACAF U20 Championship.
Highlighted Team (Houston Dynamo):
Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club owned by Jake Silverstein, Gabriel Brener, Ben Guull and Oscar De La Hoya, who is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time.
BBVA Compass Stadium is Dynamo’s home ground and the capacity of the venue is 22.039. Houston Dynamo won back-to-back MLS Cup trophies (2006, 2007), with the team beating New England Revolution in each of the two title games. It has to be noted that Houston finished the 2011 and the 2012 seasons as runners-up.
In 2008 the Dynamo made it to the North American SuperLiga final, but this time out their old rivals New England Revolution proved to be a big catch for the BBVA Compass Stadium outfit. FC Dallas are regarded as the club’s main rivals and the two teams face each other in the Texas derby. Houston have developed a rivalry with Sporting Kansas City as well. The colors of the club are orange, black and white.
